Washing-machine.



PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

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WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 190e.

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No. 841,878. PATENTBD JAN. 22, 1907.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1906. x

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anonym 12J UNITED STATES PATENT oFFion.

CLAUDE LUSK, oF WAPAKONETAOHIO..

i WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 22, 1906. Seriallol 297.324.

Patented. Jan 22, 1907.

certain novel features of construction herein-U.

after described arid claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of .the invention. Fig. 2 is a' plan view. Fig. 43 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view. J

- Referring specifically to the drawings, 9

denotes a suitable stand or platform provided with/legs 10.l The tub 11 is sup orted by and rotates ,on rollers 12, -journa ed in bearings 13 on the platform.` A vertical shaft 14 is journaled in the platform, and above the latter the shaft' has a squared end 15, which enters a socket-piece 16, secured to the bottom 4of/the tub. Below theA platform the shaft 14 carries a cam 17. On opposite sides of the 'cam are bell-crank levers, which are ivoted, as at 18 to the under side'of 'the plat orni. Y `The arms 19 of said bell-cranks extend into the path of the cam, and to the other arms 20 of the bell-cranks are fastened springs 21. iThe op osite ends-of the springs are connected to t readed rods 22, whichl l extend through brackets 23, secured to the platform.` Thumb-nuts 24, screwed on the rods, rovide means for regulating thetension of) the s rings. `Stop-'pins 25, extending from the p atform and engagea'ble by the ,bell-cranks, limit the return `movement ofthe latter.

` In the operation of the machine when the tubis swung in one direction the'shaft and the cam 17 thereon turn in the same d1` rection. y llhen the cam engages one of the bell-cranks, it will turn the latter on its pivot,

exerting its power in an opposite direction to that of the other, so that the tub is start-ed on its return movement andl the labor of operating the machine thus greatly reduced.

The top ;of the tub-has a hinged lid 26, to Which-is'made fast `a ruiter-Wheel' 27'. This wheel. has a central-opening 28, through whicha vertical tubular 'stem 29 loosely extends. "Said stem also extends loosely through a registering o enjngin thel lid. A f shaft 30 extends throng the stem 29 into the tub and carries at its lower end a rubber cornprising a -disk 31, having corrugations 32 on its under side.` The bottom of the tub also has corrugations.` The shaft- 30 is angular, and the opening in the stem 29, through which it extends, isfshaped accordingly, so that said shaft and stem Will rotate together. At the top of the stem 29 is made fast a miterwheel 33, which'meshes with a miter-wheel 34,l also mesh withthe wheel 27. The ruiter-wheel 34 is` carried by a sleeve 35, which is loosely mounted onthe stem 29.

' Between theends of said sleeve and the wheels 27 and 33 are placed the washers 36.

An arm 37 is made fast to the sleeve 35,

the outer end of the arm being fastened to a standard 38, risin from the leg 10. The standard carries, a racket 39, to which the arm is secured by a s ring-bolt 40.

The shaft 30 is s ciently loose in the stem 29 so that it can be raised'and lowered to adjust the rubber 31, according to the quantity .of clothes in the tub. To hold the shaft 30 in adjusted position, a spring-bolt 41 is provided, which ls'inounted on the wheel 33 .and

'enters openings 42, made in the shaft 30.

rubber 31 is caused to rotate in the op osite n direction to the tub, whereby a thoroug and rapid cleansing of the clothes is effected. Upon releasing the arm 37 from the standard 38 the lid of the tub can be swung open to re- ,move the clothes therefrom.

I claim- 1. In a washing-machine, a platform, a rotatable vertical shaft journaled in the platform, and having a squared portion, a tub, a socket-piece depending from the bottom -of the tub, and receiving the aforesaid squared portion, a cam on the shaft, levers pi voted to 'the platform, each having one of its ends cx- .l OO

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tending into the path of the cam, and springs connected to the other ends of the levers to start the tub on its return movement.

2. In a washing-machine, a platform, a rotatable tub mounted thereon, a ruiter-gear fastened to the lid of the tub, and having a central opening, a rotatable tubular stem eX- tending through the aforesaid opening, a ruiter-gear made fast to the stem, a sleeve' loosely mounted on the stem, and carrying a mter-gear meshing with the aforesaid gears, a vertically-v adjustable shaft extending through the aforesaid stem, and rotatable therewith, a rubbing-disk at the end of the shaft, an arm extending from the aforesaid 15 sleeve, and a standard rising from the platform, and having means for locking the free end of the arm, whereby the sleeve is held against rotatlon.

In testimony whereofl I have signed my zo name to this specification in the. presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CLAUDE LUSK.

Witnesses:

T. T. HoWE, W. Ra' HoWE. 

